Hoelterhoff, founder of Bloomberg Muse, has died
Manuela V. Hoelterhoff, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and editor who founded Bloomberg Muse, has died. She was 77 and had been battling cancer. Her career has included various assignments at The Wall Street Journal, including arts editor, books editor and member of the editorial board. She was founder and executive editor of Muse, Bloomberg’s arts […]
Nelson, who transformed Reuters, dies at 97
Michael Nelson, the executive who oversaw Reuters game-changing transformation from a traditional news agency into a provider of electronic information to the financial markets, died April 30 at the age of 97. The Baron website writes, “By 1962 – at the age of only 33 – he returned to London as global head of economic […]
Lalli, former Money managing editor, has died
Frank Lalli, a former investigative reporter at Forbes and managing editor at Money from 1987 to 1998, has died. Michele Willens of Our Town writes, “He pushed me, but in a good way, and sure enough, that work had impact. Then, when I moved to New York, he insisted I come work for him at […]
McMahon, Bloomberg West Coast editor, dies at 48
Tamsin McMahon, West Coast editor on weekends for Bloomberg News, died last month from breast cancer. She was 48. Before joining Bloomberg last year, McMahon was managing editor of Lookout Santa Cruz when it won a Pulitzer Prize in 2024. McMahon spent nearly eight years at The Globe and Mail, including two years as a real […]
Samuelson, WGN ag industry reporter for 60 years, dies at 91
Orion Samuelson, who covered the agriculture business for 60 years, primarily for Chicago’s WGN, died March 16 at the age of 91. Michael S. Rosenweld of The New York Times reports, “In a deep, baritone voice, Mr. Samuelson relayed news about the price of soybeans, grains and other commodities; quoted livestock prices; and read the weather […]
Brown, longtime biz journalist, dies at 79
Thomas S. Brown, former business editor and writer for The Daytona Beach News-Journal, died Sunday at the age of 79 after a long illness. At The News-Journal, he supervised five reporters and planned business news coverage. An obituary states, “His 38-year career in journalism included 11 years with Associated Press bureaus in Albany, N.Y., Buffalo, […]
Barnhart, longtime SABEW staffer, dies at 89
Doris Barnhart, a longtime staff member for the Society of American Business Editing and Writing when it was located at the University of Missouri, died Feb. 19 at the age of 89. An obituary states, “Doris also held a significant leadership role with the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, helping guide the organization […]
Longtime biz journalist Berr has died
Jonathan Berr, a business journalist who worked for a number of different publications, died Wednesday due to Parkinson’s. He was 58. He was freelancing for the last two years. Berr previously was a reporter at Industry Dive, primarily writing for its Payments Dive publication. Berr also freelanced for a number of publications, including Forbes, Bisnow, CBS Moneywatch, […]
Remembering biz columnist Talton, who cared about people
Moira Macdonald of the Seattle Times writes about its business columnist Jon Talton, who died last week at the age of 69. Macdonald writes, “Among the stories he helped cover in his years at The Seattle Times, as he listed in a ‘retirement’ column in 2019, were the collapse of Washington Mutual, the Great Recession, the Boeing […]
A business columnist with a “visceral directness”
Richard Ruelas and Catherine Reagor of the Arizona Republic write about business journalist Jon Talton, who died this week at 69. Ruelas and Reagor write, “‘When Jon returned to work in Arizona after years away, he saw the Phoenix metro area with fresh eyes,’ said Kathy Tulumello, Arizona Republic news director, who was business editor during Talton’s time at […]
